Button Floozies Christmas Ornament Swap
On the Button Floozies blogI recently took part in this swap with the festive season approaching - we had to make 3 button ornaments which could either be hung from a Christmas tree or accent a table...
View ArticleSome New Cards in the Shop
Hope everyone had a good Christmas. So far, in between the festivities and visiting family, I have had one day playing and felt like making some cards. These are luxury blank cards and are now...
View ArticleTag Tuesday - New Challenge
I have been a great fan of the uber talented Carolyn aka Love Stitching Red for a long time and was so pleased to read about her Tag Tuesday Challenge. I have only just heard about it so rushed like...
View ArticleTag Tuesday - Snow Sports & Games
I struggled a bit with this week's theme but am quite happy with the finished result. The tag is made from a piece of distressed looking scrapbook paper and has a vintage image of skaters with brown...
View ArticleTag Tuesday - White
I wanted to show white in texture and made a tag from scraps lying around on my desk: bits of paper, vellum, card, trim etc., which I then painted with a couple of coats of white acrylic paint. Lace...
View ArticleTag Tuesday - Vintage
This week's theme is Vintage - my favourite! I used a recycled Next clothing tag which looked old and battered to start with and had some black printing showing through. I already had printed off a...
View ArticleNew Supplies For All You Lace Lovers!
I have just listed some new supplies in my shop, some of which are vintage and ideal for so many projects.If you love lace or crochet trim, pop over and have a look.
View ArticleTag Tuesday - Lace
This week's theme is Lace and as you know I love lace and use it most of the time in my projects. I wanted to do something a little bit different this time and so went for a more sombre Victorian...
View ArticleA New Project ........
Gathering ........... Interesting pieces of white fabric, preferably with cutwork or other pretty or distinctive features.Pieced .......... My selected pieces pinned together to form one...
View ArticleTag Tuesday - Hearts
I love hearts as any regular readers of my blog will know and with the month in mind, my theme this week is romantic. I made my tag in the shape of a heart, backed with card for strength and with a...
View ArticleTag Tuesday - Birds
A lovely subject this week, I think, and so nice with spring around the corner hopefully. Here's my little birdie on a nest with eggs. The heart shaped tag is covered with scraps of text and sheet...
View ArticleThank you Laurie!
My sweet cyber friend Laurie from Indulge Your Shelf sent me this lovely collection of goodies:-Sweet tiny tart tins, tickets, vintage label and other little art trinkets. Thank you so much Laurie, you...
View ArticleTaking A Little Break
No posts for weeks and then 3 in one day - what's going on?! Well, we are going away for a few days on a little break and I thought I better post a few things before I go.See you soon!
View ArticleGoogle Friend Connect Followers Gadget
Can anyone let me know if there is a simple way that I can get my Followers gadget back again? I understand that Google have changed this from 1st March but although on my Dashboard I still have all...
View ArticleHoliday Memories
There's just enough time to post a few holiday piccies of our recent break in Devon, which was absolutely lovely, before we dash off to Brussels on the Eurostar on Thursday for a last minute long...
View ArticleA Big Catch Up
No, I haven't left the country - well, only briefly. This might be a longish post so you might want to get yourself a cuppa and see what I have been up to. First of all, we had a long weekend in...
View ArticleWhat's Out In The Garden Today
I popped out to have a walk around the garden this morning and saw so many lovely flowers out that I had to go back in and get the camera so that I could capture them before the wind blows them to...
View ArticleA New Class
I started a new online learning class a couple of weeks ago, run by the very talented Karen Ruane. As you know I love embroidery and have in the past dabbled a bit with watercolours, so the idea of...
View ArticleMore Work On The Ledger Pages
I have been very fraught this week, trying to make several different ledger pages using different techniques. Some of them haven't worked out right and I have been quite frustrated but think I have...
View ArticleFree Motion Stitching Experiment
As part of the online course I'm doing at the moment, we had to do some free motion stitching. These are a few of my experimental pieces from yesterday:-The small piece at the bottom is 5 pieces of...
View ArticleLONDON 2012 - OUR OLYMPIC EVENT!
Mr V-B and I set off yesterday for our first ever Olympic event - the Canoe Slalom at Lee Valley Water Park near Hatfield in Hertfordshire. The atmosphere was great and at times, there was lots of...
View ArticleLook Where I've Been Today ....
I went along to this event at Toddington, near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire despite the showers and had a ball looking around the beautiful vintage and hand made items, some from my favourite...
View ArticleExtending Embellishment
Well, the course has finished today, instruction-wise that is and it's been very full on - so many techniques and fabulous inspiration from the very talented Karen. She never ceases to amaze me with...
View ArticleMy Sad Loss
Hello EveryoneYou may have guessed from the lack of posts that Vintage Bunty (AKA my wife Barbara) has not been well in recent months. Unfortunately she finally lost her 21 month battle with Ovarian...
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Hi EveryoneBarbara's funeral took place last week and this was the order of service. http://www.buntybarmcake.co.uk/A Celebration of the Life of V2.docxI thought one or two of you may be interested to...
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